title: [Imaging and the court of law: useful images and useless images].
abstract: The expert who review a medical record in a liability suit is required to determine whether the tests performed were necessary and, above all, whether they were adequate. In France, physicians are legally required to use adequate diagnostic and therapeutic means, especially in complicated cases. When this obligation is not fulfilled, the urologist is often held responsible since he or she is in charge of interpreting the tests and drawing final conclusions. Urologists are rarely criticized for performing too many investigations. The urologist is not considered liable for complications that occur during the performance of a necessary test: in this case, the physician who performed the test is legally responsible.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, CHU Bretonneau, Tours.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Haillot
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lanson
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014572:Urology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
vernacular_title: Image et tribunal: images utiles et images inutiles.